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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2322. Full title: DD Form 2322, Dental Laboratory Work Authorization, April 2009. Function: Dental Laboratory Work Authorization. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 80 entry fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Local case number.
- 2. Treatment facility name, mailing address and DSN number.
- 3. ADL case number.
- Laboratory data. 1. Name of dental laboratory.
- 4. Patient's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 5. Grade.
- 6. Age.
- 7. Date initiated.
- 8. Beneficiary type.
- 9. Organization, duty and home telephone numbers.
- 10. Date forwarded.
- 11. Type of prosthesis or restoration.
- 12. Shade and mold by guide.
- 13. Date delivered.
- Requests. 15. Press space bar to mark X if framework only.
- 16. X if set-up.
- 17. X if process.
- 18. X if fully fabricate.
- 19. X if bisque bake.
- 20. X if consultation.
- 21. X if diagnostic casts.
- 22. X if jaw relation record.
- 23. X if radiographs.
- 24. X if other (see remarks).
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2322?
- DD Form 2322, Dental Laboratory Work Authorization, April 2009
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?